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Senior Firmware Manager

Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States
Location Type: On-site

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POSITION OVERVIEW
The Sr. Firmware Manager will be involved in the firmware design and implementation for renewable energy products such as photovoltaic (PV) inverters, electric vehicle (EV) chargers, energy storage systems, and system communication.
 
The ideal candidate is both a skilled individual contributor and an adept team leader, especially as we pursue rapid expansion, and should possess expert-level proficiency in writing C software for microcontrollers. We strongly favor candidates with prior experience in power electronics systems, as well as exposure to renewable energy, EV charging, and energy storage.
 
The responsibilities for this role include developing firmware using C code and ensuring the delivery of high-quality embedded code. Additionally, the candidate will play a crucial role in designing the software architecture.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Manage a firmware/software team to develop and validate product firmware.
  • Hire, train, mentor, and manage a team of highly skilled development and validation engineers.
  • Manage team development schedules and resources.
  • Support design reviews and DFMEA activities.
  • Lead your team to build advanced simulation and validation capabilities.
  • Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define and develop internally and externally requested features
  • Develop and debug low-level real-time and low-latency firmware in C.
  • Board bring-up, debug, test, and code optimization.
  • Ability for software integration and troubleshooting.
  • Implement control algorithms for power electronics products.
  • Design and implement protocols for system communications of new products.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (electrical, mechanical, controls).
  • Write software specifications and design documents.
  • Generate and maintain accurate project schedules and timelines. 

Required Qualifications
  • 7+ years of professional firmware development experience, including leading a team
  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
  • Expertise in developing firmware for Power Electronics applications
  • Familiar with basics of Power Electronics
  • Develop, and debug low-level real-time and low-latency firmware in C and software fundamentals
  • Experience with the embedded systems and communication protocols and their drivers 
    Implement control algorithms for power electronics products
  • Ability to debug complex system-level issues and drive solutions
 
Preferred Qualifications
  • Support the development of DFMEA 
  • Advanced experience with scripting language (Python, shell)
  • Familiarity with ARM Cortex microprocessor cores 
  • Familiar with Typhoon HIL
 
BENEFITS
Competitive salary commensurate with experience. Competitive benefits. Hybrid work opportunities 
 
Hanwha Q CELLS Technologies, Inc. (HQCT) is proud to be an at-will Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.     
 
Physical, Mental, & Physical Demands To comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the essential physical, mental and environmental requirements for this job are listed below. These are requirements normally expected to perform regular job duties. Incumbent must be able to successfully perform all of the functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.   
 
Mobility
Standing: 20% of time
Sitting: 70% of time
Walking: 10% of time  
 
Strength
Pulling: up to 10 Pounds
Pushing: up to 10 Pounds
Carrying: up to 10 Pounds
Lifting: up to 10 Pounds  
 
Agility (F = Frequently, O = Occasionally, N = Never)
Turning: F
Twisting: F
Bending: O
Crouching: O
Balancing: N
Climbing: N
Crawling: N
Kneeling: N  
 
Dexterity (F = Frequently, O = Occasionally, N = Never)
Typing: F
Handling: F
Reaching: F 

The salary range is required by the California Pay Transparency Act and may differ depending on the location of those candidates hired nationwide. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to, skill set, education, licenses and certifications, essential job duties and requirements, and the necessary experience relative to the job’s minimum qualifications.

*This target salary range is for CA positions only and should not be interpreted as an offer of compensation.

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